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RUN SET TO RAISE FUNDS FOR KENYA

By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer On Saturday, Oct. 8, The Youth Vision International (TYVI), a nonprofit organization based in Edmond, will host the Edmond 5k Run-4Kids at Mitch Park.

“We see running as a good way for people to be fit as well as helping a very important cause,” Benard Manyibe, TYVI founder and director of the 5k, said. TYVI’s mission is to aid young, impoverished people in Africa.

Manyibe was born in Kenya. After moving to Ohio to complete graduate work at Bowling Green State University, Manyibe decided to create an organization to help his native country.

“I realized I could make a difference in Kenya. We started running in Ohio and were very successful. Recently, we came down here [Edmond]. We will see how it works,” Manyibe said. Manyibe moved TYVI to Edmond in 2009.

“There are so many people without school or healthcare in Africa,” he said. “People here can truly make a difference, and it’s a win-win, as we also promote wellness domestically.” This year’s inaugural 5k looks to be the first in a long partnership with the city of Edmond. The funds gathered from the race will go directly to a youth center in Kenya. The funds will benefit healthcare, clean water, and

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UCO ALUMNI FOUNDS DOWNTOWN STUDIO

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer Near the corner of Blackwelder and 16th Street in Oklahoma City, UCO graduate Jerrod Smith and several other artists have created The Society, a community-driven collective art space and a paradise of self-expression.

“It’s kind of like Andy Warhol’s Factory without the sex and drugs,” Smith said.

Before Smith graduated from UCO in 2007 with an art degree, he fell in love with the idea of creating alongside other people. The idea of The Society was also partly inspired by his time at UCO. “When I went to school we would go to the painting room; we would just hang out in there and put music on and it was just a cool little vibe.

This is that on a bigger scale,” Smith said.

Smith’s passion for art goes farther back than his time in college, however. He became a professional artist at the age of 15 after selling his first piece. Smith knew he was meant to live life imaginatively from a young age.

“I’ve always been drawn to this creative thing. I was always picking up junk and making stuff out of it and sketching and asking weird questions,” Smith said. “I’ve always kind of seen things a little differently.”

The very same passion that called Smith to create something out of “junk” as a child propelled him into trying out for the Bravo reality series, “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” years later. According to Smith, over 15,000 people applied to participate in the show, but only 14 final contestants would be selected. Smith made it as close as the top 30 before he was informed that he would not be com-

Jerrod Smith, a UCO graduate, poses for a photo at The Society in the Plaza District of Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

peting.

“It’s funny, I just got on [the Internet] and looked at the cast and I met four or five of them at the audition, so it’s kind of cool that I was there with those guys and almost ended up on a reality show,” Smith said. “Sarah Jessica Parker co-produces the show, so I got to meet her.”

Though Smith will have to settle for watching the premiere of the show on TV, the fact he has not only built an impressive art compound in the upand-coming Plaza District but has assembled his own cast of artists to occupy it is more than an adequate

consolation.

“These are some of the best artists in Oklahoma City,” Smith said. “We have a really elite crew going on. We have them cracking away, really doing their thing well.”

According to Smith, The Society’s artists feed off each other’s creative energy, which pushes their visions to places they could not have gone alone. Smith has grown so warm to the idea, the alternative seems cold and foreign.

“Imagine working in your bedroom in the corner,” he said. “How exciting is that?”

Though not everyone can be an instudio artist at The Society, the community is not only welcome, but encouraged to participate.

“Basically the idea is if a community member has a creative idea that they want to achieve but they’re not quite sure how to achieve it, we can help give them the means to do that,” Smith said.

The Society’s goal is to promote all creative endeavors, not just visual art.

They currently have plans of hosting a fashion show, an idea that was

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Campus Economy

STUDY REVEALS LACK OF OFFENSE TO SLURS “When I read internet news it is interesting to me to read the comments below the article. They are A survey of 14-24 year olds conducted Aug. 18 to Aug. 31: often hate filled messages, knee When you browse Facebook, MySpace or other social jerk and unthoughtful.” networking sites, how often do you see or hear people The anonymous nature of onusing discriminatory language or images? line message boards and other Often: Sometimes: Rarely: Never: I don’t use Refused: internet forms has often been 22% 30% 25% 12% social net- 1% linked to the spreading use of such working sites: terms among young people. Randi 11% Zuckerburg, Facebook’s Marketing Director and sister of the social net. working site’s famous co-founder Mark Zuckerburg, has often stated her belief that internet users need SOURCE: AP-MTV poll AP to start being accountable.

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I think people hide behind anoranged in age between 14 and 24, ter. I’m kind of the type where nymity and they feel like they can said they encounter racist and sexwords shouldn’t hurt your feelings say whatever they want behind ist slurs on a regular basis, and most that much. It’s just words.” closed doors.” of them claim to not be offended by Kole Kleeman, a professor of MeAccording to Kleeman, other their use. dia Studies at UCO, also was unsurstudies have backed up ZuckerJeremy Parker, a senior at UCO, prised by the findings of the poll. burg’ s claims. was not taken aback by the poll’s “I read the [AP] article and it “I do think the research has findings. doesn’t surprise me,” Kleeman said, shown that communication over

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social media is much less than the expected decorum of social interaction. By that I mean

face-to-face interaction with all the conditions of appropriacy of polite speech. I think in an age of instaneity of communication that people are much more likely to say what they wouldn’t say in public,” Kleeman said.

Parker agrees that the internet does help people feel safer when they use racial and sexist slurs online.

“If you can call somebody and name and not have to actually deal with them afterwards, it makes it a lot easier, I’m sure,” he said.

Most respondents to the survey said the person or group you’re addressing when using a slur is vital to whether or

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not it can be classified as offensive.

Ash Khan, former UCO Student Body Vice President and someone who is involved with UCO’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, also says he has witnessed this trend.

“It’s weird. If you’re called it by one of your friends or someone who’s close to your same race, usually people my age don’t care. But if you’re using it outside that small range of people, they flip out,” Khan said.

In the past, Diversity and Inclusion has hosted a “Tunnel of Oppression” which helps other realize the effects slurs, bullying, and different types of discrimination, including racism, homophobia, sexism, abelism, and others. The office, which was formerly known as Multicultural Student Sevices, continues to promote various cultural awareness activities.

Though Khan admits that the perspective many young people have on the effect of different types of slurs on others, he says there should still be a place for social etiquette in public places.

“Honestly, differences between people is what brings people together, and plus you should know how to address people in public.”

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DRIBBLING IDIOTS AT STATE FILM OFFICE

“Yes, because my sister is running for homecoming queen.”

“Yes, because I love Alpha Gamma Delta. I love supporting them.”

“Yes, I have been campaigning for Courtney Ward.”

Oklahoma. The land of opportunity? Not if you’re making a movie about OKC’s star basketball player.

While several states offer tax breaks for production crews shooting on location, Oklahoma wasn’t able to offer enough to woo Warner Bros. This in itself may not be a bad thing, until you realize that the new basketball movie “Switch” starring Kevin Durant as himself will instead be shot in Louisana painted up to look like OKC. The film, which is part “Space Jam” minus the Looney Tunes and a few more parts “Like Mike,” is set to be an easily forgotten “freaky friday”-esque amagalmation of played-out jokes and overused, family-friendly plot tricks.

Put another way: same sport, different players.

But the real reason as to why this disaster of a film won’t be shot in OKC shows the poor planning of Oklahoma’s Film & Music Office.

The Oklahoman says it best. “The state of Oklahoma offers a 37 percent rebate for companies filming in the state, but the Oklahoma Film & Music Office had already run out of funding for this fiscal year. The state of Louisiana does not have a cap on tax credits.”

Now if there has ever been something worth having a bake sale for at the state capitol, it was a successful NBA team, and maybe education too.

Warner Bros.’ decision to not film in the state went down a month ago, but the film is now shooting in Baton Rouge. As the lockout continues, the only Oklahoma City that Thunder fans will see Kevin Durant in is the fake one.

This fake one has the all the banners, the extras wearing Sooners colors, and most importantly the tax breaks.

If there is anything to look forward to in this movie, maybe we’ll finally find out what’s in KD’s backpack. More likely we will only find out what is missing from the state’s budget office: Thunder fans.

The phenomena with tax credits and film isn’t something just affecting Oklahoma. New Jersey governor Chris Christie recently vetoed a tax break package that would have given a $420 thousand dollar break to the popular MTV show “Jersey Shore”. Christie does not find the show to be a valid representation of his state, much like most people don’t find it to be a valid representation of humans.

Unfortunately, Jersey Shore will continue to be produced and air on MTV this fall.

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PLAYING WITH THEIR HEADS

OUT OF CONTEXT By Brittany Dalton Fight Faith

Philosophy junior Kristie Bolek, Political Science freshman Joe White and Geography post-graduate Kane Watkins practice toss-up questions at the first Mind Games quiz bowl practice on Tuesday. Mind Games is offering over $200,000 in scholarship prizes to teams from 16 universities across the state. Photo by Trevor Hultner, The Vista

By Trevor Hultner / Staff Writer Five clever and quick-on-the-draw students will soon be representing UCO on statewide television where, along with teams from 15 other universities, they will vie for the title of Mind Games champion - and part of a $200,000 scholarship prize.

Mind Games, a game show running on a quiz bowl format, will air on independent network KSBI OK-52 starting in early October and running through the spring. Teams have been divided up by seasons, with a field of schools competing in the fall and another one competing in the spring.

KSBI’s website says Mind Games “will showcase Oklahoma’s best and brightest students.”

Each team will receive $1,200 in scholarship money for winning the first and second rounds and $800 as a consolation prize, and $2,000 for each win in the third and fourth rounds and $1,200 as a consolation reward. Questions will

be drawn from a wide array of subject matter, like history, mathematics, pop culture, science or religion, to name a few.

The Chickasaw Nation has signed on to be title sponsor of the event, and the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board has lent its support to the fledgling program.

UCO’s team had its first informational meeting last Thursday, where interested students became oriented with the question format for the first time. Brandon Lehman, the team’s adviser, estimated the turnout at about 15 people.

“It’s great to have so many people,” he said. “But I’ll have to narrow the team down to five people, because you can only have three active players and then two bench players.”

According to Lehman, the producers of the show went to the presidents of each university and explained the purpose of the show as one that “showcased Oklahoma’s academic talent in a quiz bowl type format on TV.” The presidents

then went back to their universities and chose coaches who could put competitive teams together.

The stakes are high.

“It is a single-elimination tournament,” Lehman said, “and pretty much you win or you go home.”

UCO’s first match is on Oct. 11, and if the team wins that match, they’ll go on to the next round, which will be on Nov. 1.

If UCO makes it through the fourth round of competition, scheduled for Nov. 15, they will have a chance to challenge the winners of the spring competition for the top spot as Oklahoma’s academic champions.

“If ratings are good enough, they’ll do the TV show again next year,” Lehman said.

The final team roster for UCO will be decided on Oct. 4. The Mind Games season premiere is Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. on KSBI OK52.

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5K RUN education.

“Our youth center helps the young people to access books, amongst other services,” Manyibe said. “We want youth to have the tools to lead their communities.”

TYVI has made a concentrated effort to get Edmond students involved in the 5k. Flyers have been posted at UCO and OCU as well as area high schools.

“We have received quite an interest. It takes a lot of organization and work with the city, so I believe we will see even more participation next year,” Manyibe said.

“I think it’s about time Edmond more philanthropic races.

I especially think it’s good that proceeds are going to African children. I feel western cultures tend to ignore the potential of the African people. It’s like we think the problem is too big for

us to fix,” Sharon McBride, Edmond resident and marathon runner, said.

According to the Edmond 5k Run-4-Kids website, global poverty kills one child every three seconds. Over 30,000 lives are lost per day, and over ten million lives are lost per year.

“I look forward to participating. I hope we can play a key role in battling poverty,” McBride said.

The race is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. with events concluding at 1:00 p.m. Participants are allowed to walk or run and can register online or onsite on Oct. 8 before the race begins. Tshirts are available for order through the website.

Pre-race registration costs $15.00 and Race-day registration will cost $20.00.

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SOCIETY originally pitched to them by a member of the community. According to Smith, building a strong dynamic with the community is one of their main goals.

“I’ve been teaching some lessons directly from just relationships I’ve made in the community,” he said. “Even little things, like there’s a guy that walks by here everyday, and he works at Buy For Less, so rather than him having walk to work today, I was running an errand so he hopped in my car and I gave him a ride to work.”

There are several approaching opportunities in which people can see work from The Society’s various resident artists. The 2011 Plaza District Festival will be held Oct. 1, and The Society will have several new works on display Jerrod Smith, a UCO graduate, poses for a photo in his and will host several bands. apartment at The Society in the Plaza District of Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Photo by Garett They will also have kids events involving balloon aniFisbeck, The Vista

mals and painting from noon to 4 p.m. and will be hosting the official after party of the Plaza Festival from midnight to 2 a.m.

LIVE at the Plaza, a community artwalk held every second Friday of the month, is another event that The Society regularly participates in.

The event features both visual and performing artists, along with live music.

“It’s the Paseo artwalk, only cooler,” Smith said. “A little bit edgier, a little more progressive.”

The next edition of the LIVE at the Plaza will be held Oct. 14.

For more information about The Society, visit their website: www.thesocietyokc.com

Also on Twitter: @theSOCIETYokc

Yes, disco went ‘out’ decades ago. Yes, your poor writing skills mean you shouldn’t seek a career as the next great American novelist. And yes, that outfit is a bit unflattering.

College kids harbor a unique predisposition that blossoms into full-blown routine with the passage of time. Though we may argue to the contrary, we cannot stand hearing what the sideways-hat sporting, Affliction shirt-clad ‘bro’ in your film criticism class will call ‘real talk.’

From the cradle to the grave, we’re spoon-fed two completely contradictory rules of life. “The truth shall set you free,” we hear as we stand bewildered in the middle of our living room, pretending we don’t see the shattered vase on the floor at our feet.

“Who, me?” we ask innocently, avoiding the figurative elephant in the room.

But if Hollywood is to be believed, we can’t handle the truth.

Honestly, I don’t think it’s a matter of we can’t. The problem is that we won’t. We find it so much easier to delude ourselves, to deride the notion that truth is a virtue, that truth is our “golden ticket” to selfawareness and fulfillment.

So we lie to ourselves and actively seek out means of self-expression and forms of entertainment that endorse the rose-tinted view we hold of a fake world.

We tune in to MSNBC or Fox News, whichever our poison of choice may be, and we tune out. What we’re tuning out, though, is anything which challenges us.

If we don’t like it, we tune it out. Or we raise hell.

Last week, I wrote about rage. Writing out of rage can be a dangerous thing, because as you may have realized, rage has repercussions. The backlash I faced in the week between then and now reinforces the belief I now pass on to you.

If you’re hearing hell, if people holler and howl about something you’ve written, said or done, know this: you’re probably on the right track. The complaints and commentary I received after last week could have crushed the perception I had of myself as a “good writer.”

Rather, I came away convinced I had done the right thing.

Once we threaten the familiar, we strike a nerve in others. Once we scratch the surface of something real, we stumble into a shouting match. It’s been a lifetime in the making, but we fight so hard for the wrong things.

From cradle to the grave, lads and lasses, we love to lie. By omission and by choice.

Fight familiarity and the comfort in illusion. When we shut out anything that makes us uncomfortable, we put our faith on a flimsy, faulty foundation.

Fight that faith. Contrary to Hollywood logic, you can handle the truth- if you so choose.

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I READ BANNED BOOKS

By Brittany Dalton / Copy Editor Many of the tattered, dog-eared paperbacks lining classroom bookshelves nationwide have endured a decades-long fight for their place.

From “To Kill a Mockingbird” to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” to even “Harry Potter,” books face not only the threat of a move towards paperless society, but the opposition of parts of the community to the books themselves.

Dr. David Macey, the chair of the English department at UCO, primarily teaches world literature but has had much exposure to the most commonly banned and challenged classics. He explains that much of the phenomena of banning and challenging literary classics can be tied to culture.

“The trend says a lot about our changing sense of what should go on in the classroom,” he says. “Part of it has to do with distance over time. Writers such as Hemingway or Steinbeck were really very shocking when they were first published [more than fifty years ago].”

Paradoxically, the very classics most often challenged by concerned parents or organizations, have become widely accepted literary canon in classroom settings.

“I read both ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ my junior year of high school,” Bill Rickner, a senior majoring in advertising, said. “I then read ‘1984’ my senior year. I’ve actually read multiple classics that are on the banned or challenged list.”

The ALA cites three main reasons for the banning or challenging of books; the material is likely to face opposition if sex-

ually explicit, containing offensive language,

or if deemed unsuitable for any age group.

The organization explains the critical distinction between the banning and challenging of a book.

A challenge, according to the ALA, is the “attempt to remove or restrict materials,” whereas a ban is the act of removing the books.

“We often ban books because they offend us,” Macey said. “I think we would do much better, however, to think about what exactly these books are challenging us to think. We also challenge or ban books as a culture because we think these are books that have the potential to change the way we think about our world.”

To many people, Macey explains, change is a dangerous thing. He uses “To Kill a Mockingbird” as an example. Written by Harper Lee, the book offers a critical view of segregation and racism in Southern society.

Once banned for its harsh stance on the accepted societal structure at the time, it is now one of the most commonly-taught novels in schools nationwide.

“Maybe the issues it

touched upon seemed ‘too hot to handle’ at the time, which is why it was banned. But I think that was a mistake,” Macey said. “I don’t think any issue is too hot to handle. It’s not books that need to be banned; we need to think about how we can have an appropriately civil discussion on such controversial issues.”

Criticism of censorship, however, can be traced most notably to John Milton, poet of the mid-17th century. “I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue,” he

wrote.

“If we only cling to our values because we never hear them challenged, then we don’t have a very good hold on them,” Macey said by means of explaining Milton.

“If we really want to expand our horizons, if we want to be clearer about what we believe and be effective spokespersons for those beliefs and values, we need to have experience in dialog with those who don’t agree,” he said. “That’s a dialog we can have in person, in the classroom, in various virtual forums, and even with authors.”

Rickner agrees with the Miltonian view of censorship.

“Censorship [of literature] implies that those censoring the material believe they have a firm grasp of what individuals should or shouldn’t be exposed to, which is an offensive and condescending position,” he said. “To alter or limit the works of authors like Fitzgerald or Twain is a blatant insult to the written word.”

Macey describes the constant evolution of literary tastes and community standards as something society as a whole should embrace, not oppose.

“We oppose these books as a culture sometimes because these are really potentially life-changing books, that could change the way we think of our world, and we don’t want to change,” he said.

“We’re very resistant. These books are often touching on issues we haven’t quite figured out yet, but I propose the best way to figure out these issues is to read the books.”

A good work of fiction, according to Macey, can create what he calls a “fictional scenario” that really is not fiction at all.

“A good work can present real issues in a dramatic form that strips away the static, the other surrounding issues that make our understanding so murky; it can show us in a really forceful, focused manner what’s at stake,”

he said.

Even J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series has intrinsic literary value, according to Macey.

“There are of course religious objections, because [the books] seem to be celebrating

magic,” he said. “Although you can argue that the magic is more a metaphor. If it were just a book about magic, it wouldn’t have the following it does. Harry Potter is truly about human relationships: about how we relate to authority and about how good intentions can go wrong.”

Each book on the list, it could be argued, holds such value to many readers, Macey said. “’The Great Gatsby’ is one of the finest works of American literature and without a doubt my favorite,” Rickner said. “It examines excess, greed, pleasure and loss, while still charming and seducing the reader. Its themes remain highly relevant in our current socioeconomic condition, and Jay Gatsby remains a classic literary character that is both elusive and loveable.”

Macey considers “The Great Gatsby” an honest view of American culture during the time of the “Lost Generation” of the postWorld War I decade.

“Fitzgerald was not uncritical of the lifestyle of that time,” Macey said. “But I think what he was saying was, this is really a part of American culture. There’s something that compels each of us to overdo it, to stretch ourselves, test boundaries and transgress them to make ourselves into what we cannot be.”

Macey explains that the fear of these books is not necessarily the content alone, but the impact and relevance they hold.

“Anything that is too contemporary, that seems to be speaking about ‘right now,’ is inevitably going to make people uncomfortable,” Macey said. “Maybe we don’t want our literature to be ‘too real.’ I think that people are really just afraid that these books and their ideals will make us act upon them, instead of just studying them for a classroom test.”

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19. Played (around) 20. ___ cry 21. Call for 22. Functioned as 23. Air freshener option 25. Arid 26. “American ___” 28. Wild pig 30. Nancy, in Nancy comic strip 31. Characteristic carrier 32. TV, radio, etc.

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8. ___ blue color 9. Cry of triumph 10. Absorbed, as a cost 11. “Terrible” czar 12. Eminent 13. Aromatic solvent 14. Industrious 20. Hot spot 23. Channel 24. French pilosopher, founder of positivism 26. Acad.

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Sports Opinion

THE BUZZ AROUND CENTRAL SOCCER

By Bryan Trude / Staff Writer Anyone who has gone to a UCO Women’s soccer game knows what I’m talking about.

At every home game, there is a group of fans that sit in the stands, usually on the east side. They stand and scream and cheer their Bronchos, calling out names of players as they press the attack and congratulating tough, hard effort in the pursuit of victory.

For the most part, they are the kind of fan every sport at this school needs, until they bring out their

long, blue trumpet-looking instruments.

They press these horns to their lips, and let loose a sound that would make Cerberus whimper in pain and annoyance.

“BRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA PPPPPPPPPPP!” The vuvuzela is a plastic horn instrument about two feet in length, which produces a harsh, monotone sound when air is blown through.

This modern-day pain-stick rose to prominence during South Africa’s 2010 FIFA World Cup, where home viewers and commentators alike

commented on the annoying buzzing sound the instrument created, which often drowned out the announcers themselves when used enmasse. The vuvuzela, when played properly, can create a sound pressure of 120 decibels within 3 feet of the bell – the threshold of pain for sound.

By comparison, the engine of a standard chainsaw produces a sound of about 100 decibels.

While individual institutions and conferences have banned vuvuzelas in college athletics, the NCAA has not, and neither has UCO.

So, how can the 120 dB vuvuzela go from a South African tool for signaling meetings to a widespread stadium nuisance, while the 115 dB portable air horn is banned from use?

Doesn’t seem right, does it?

Please, if anyone at UCO athletics or administration is reading this, consider a ban on vuvuzelas at Broncho sporting events. Fans can support their team without causing pain to their direct neighbors, fouling their experience. A cowbell or other lower-level noisemaker can be just as expressive as that plastic

hellbell without drowning out everything else spectators are trying to hear.

With homecoming this Saturday in football serving as UCO’s first home game of the season, it goes without saying that one of the largest crowds for a Central sporting event of the semester should fill Wantland Stadium.

If we’re lucky, when we walk through the gate we’ll pass a stadium official policing fans for vuvuzelas.

Your ears – and mine – will appreciate the gesture.

Sports Opinion

VISTA SPORTS PREDICTIONS: NFL WEEK 4 After a couple upsets in the NFL, our panelists are currently picking at a season average of 62.5%.“The Huddle” outpicked The Vista again this week with an average of 65.2% right to The Vista’s average 62.5%

NFL Week 4

Trey Hunter Vista Sports Editor

Bryan Trude Vista Sports Writer

Garett Fisbeck Vista Photo Editor

Amber Pyle Vista Sports Writer

Terry Fox UCentral’s “The Huddle”

Kyle Renfrow UCentral’s “The Huddle”

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Opinion

VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS

HOMECOMING

By Trey Hunter

Vista Sports Editor

91 Days and Counting The NBA work stoppage has been ongoing for 91 days and there is a strange agreement amongst most who cover the sport that there is no end in sight.

Fans in the Oklahoma City area find it hard to believe because their team, the Thunder, is fast approaching the status of the league’s elite. With young players like Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Serge Ibaka, why wouldn’t they think that a championship is well within reach?

Well Thunder fans the NBA’s best-case scenario isn’t necessarily your team’s best case scenario. The cancellation of half of the league’s preseason games foreshadows the fact that half of the regular season games won’t be played. The players and owners aren’t getting along real well and with the players still drawing paychecks up until Oct. 31, it’s almost a forgone conclusion. However, January could be the saving grace. January could be the starting date for a shortened season that most fans don’t really want, but will gladly take.

The Thunder is one of the teams that find themselves in a non-beneficial situation, and their youth, which most of the time helps the team, is the reason. A shortened season benefits the older, more experience teams like the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. These teams have championships in their recent past, but most of their players find themselves on the edge of final seasons and retiring. Playing half the year gives them half of a year off and a free pass to the fountain of youth for just one more title run.

There is speculation that it could work the other way around. The Thunder, who don’t really need half a season to tune their games for a long, two-month playoff run, could hold an advantage over the teams that need time to get ready. The Lakers, who’s best player might be the best player of all time outside of Michael Jordan, are experiencing a situation where their older players might not be ready come January, especially with a new coach (Mike Brown).

The Spurs, who are the oldest team in all of basketball are so fundamental that tune-up games might not matter to them, still need time to get in shape and the Celtics are the same way. Oklahoma City, the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic could use this time off to their advantage and run up and down the court for 40 games before the postseason.

There’s no clear way to predict what a shortened NBA season will do to the league’s players and teams. There really isn’t a way to predict whether the league will have a season at all. The one thing that we CAN rely on is the fact that the players will stop earning money after Oct. 31. That is the key date to all of the lockout talks. If the players don’t get their money, they might become more serious in their labor negotiations and actually sit down with the owners and get something done.

In the Thunder’s case, they just want to get back onto the court, Durant and Westbrook aren’t the types of players who want to play overseas or play pickup games at the University of Central Oklahoma when they could be competing against the world’s best athletes on the biggest stages. There is only so much time in a player’s career and the younger guys have no time to waste.

Buddy Broncho tries to get the fans at Wantland Stadium on their feet during last year’s homecoming game against Southeastern Oklahoma State. Central lost in a shoot out 55-56. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor The Central Oklahoma football team competes in their first home game this Saturday against East Central University at 2 p.m. at Wantland Stadium.

The Bronchos have started the season on a four-game road trip, losing games against North Alabama, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Angelo State (Texas) and Southwestern Oklahoma State. Although UCO has started the season off with a bad record, they have competed in each game.

The Bronchos are led by quarterback Ethan Sharp. Sharp has a QB efficiency rating of 99.39 and is completing over 57 percent of his passes. He is 127-220 with 1,203 yards, two touchdowns and eight interceptions. The passing attack has been the main source of offense for the Bronchos so far, but running back Josh Birmingham has helped. Birmingham has 247 yards on 47 rush attempts with two touchdowns. He is averaging 4.7 yards per carry.

Central’s defense has had a hard time

getting used to new defensive coordinator Jason Petrino. They are allowing opponents to score 27 points per game with 188 rushing yards and 221 passing yards per game. They have given up 92 first downs compared to 61 earned by Central’s offense. Keno Meadows leads the team with 46 total tackles and Tucker Carson isn’t far behind with 45.

East Central enters the game with a 3-1 record with wins over Southeastern, Northeastern State and the University of the Incarnate Word. Their lone loss came against Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia, Ark. The Tigers’ offense is led by a strong passing game that is averaging 320.8 yards per game through the air. Quarterback Tyler Vanderzee has an efficiency rating of 139.11 and is completing 55.9 percent of his passes. He is 90-161 with 1,283 yards, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions. Running backs Titus Mobley and Chad Winbush lead the Tigers’ rushing attack that is averaging 89 yards per game. Mobley has 171 yards on 26 attempts with one touchdown while

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Winbush has 170 yards on 42 attempts with one touchdown as well.

East Central’s defense isn’t playing much better than UCO’s. They are giving up 115.5 yards per game on the ground and 261.5 yards per game through the air. Their opponents have reached the red zone 10 times and they have let them score touchdowns eight times.

The Tigers are also a very undisciplined team. They have committed 42 penalties for 437 yards. Their opponents have 19 for 146 yards.

The Bronchos have a very good chance at coming away with their first victory. The defense will have to step up, but if they play a disciplined game, they could force East Central into bad situations offensively. The offense will have to stick to the game plan and Sharp will have to find receivers across the field.

Birmingham needs more touches, and if he gets them anything can happen.

Look for UCO to put up big numbers in a shootout.

The UCO volleyball team heads out this weekend to Topeka, Kan., to compete in the Washurn Cross Regional Tournament.

The first match will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. against Emporia State University. Playing in the Division II conference, ESU enters the match with a season record of 7-4.

“They have always been a top 25 team and real successful, so they’re going to

be pretty solid competition,” UCO head coach Jeff Boyland said.

After winning their last match against Missouri State, ESU looks for its lead outside hitter, Page Vanpool, to keep the streak going. Vanpool was named honorable mention All-MIAA in 2010, averaging 2.5 kills per set and 2.5 digs per set as well as finishing with six doubledoubles.

Returning to the court at 6:30 p.m., UCO will face Southwest Baptist University in its second match of the season.

After battling it out in the Southwest

Baptist Classic earlier in the month, the Bronchos walked away with the win, leaving the score board at 3-1.

“They had a pretty rough start this season, but I think they are going to be pretty competitive,” Boyland said. “I know definitely know how we want to approach this match. Now, whether we execute it or not, we’ll just have to see..”

Saturday UCO will face Truman State University at 11:00 a.m. before returning to the court at 3:00 p.m. to end the weekend with the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

UCO looks to maintain Truman’s losing streak this weekend, TSU enters the match after losing their last two games this against Fort Hays and Washburn University.

“I’m really, really excited to play them, we definitely have a change to get them if we do what needs to be done,” Boyland said.

Finishing up the weekend against Nebraska at Omaha who recently switched from a Division II to a Division I school.

“This game really doesn’t affect us as far as regional rankings or anything like that. But itw has been hard for them to find games to play in, so they slipped them into the tournament, it will still be a good game to see and play in,” Boyland said.

The Bronchos will return home to match up against Oklahoma Panhandle State University Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.